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Rh Kondé, the hair of women tied up in a neat round bunch on the top of the head. Kondé C. 143 the bunch or knot in which the Singhalese tie up their hair. (Kânda, a stalk, a stem; a cluster, a shrub. Scr. The kondé of the women is perhaps so called, because it resembles a cluster. Fr.)

Kondor, having a swollen scrotum.

Konéas, yellowish. A contraction of the words konéng, yellow, and péas, pale.

Konéng, yellow. (Jav. Mai. Kuning.)

Konéng, Turmeric, Curcuma. Konéng is the specific name for a great variety of plants, which may be called Turmerics. They are called Tému in Malay, which word is also occasionally heard in Sunda, vide voce. The konéngs are known for some peculiarity inflavour, and are used extensively either economically or medicinally. The following are the most common.

Konéng Gĕdé or Kikonéng, big turmeric, grows wild in open grass land.

„ Hidĕung, black turmeric.

„ Lalab, the Greens turmeric; from being used as a vegetable.

„ Puti, the white turmeric.

„ Santĕn, used in dying.

„ Tĕmĕn, or the true turmeric of commerce, and called also Kunyir.

„ Tinggang, a variety with unpleasant smell, used in dying.

„ Warangan, Arsenic turmeric, from deep yellow colour, used in dying.

Konéng tungtung, yello wended, said of paddy which begins to turn ripe. Kong'ang, of force in law.

Kongkoh, separately, distinctly, as well as some one else. Kongkoh bai niĕun kĕbon, separately making a garden.

Kongkol, to plot with another. To take council with another to do something wrong. (Bat. Is perhaps the Dutch konkelen, of the same meaning. Fr.)

Kongkolakan, the orifice or opening in the skull where the eye is placed.

Kongkolong'ok, to crow as a cock.

Kongkon, to give an order to do something; to issue orders. (Jav. Kongkon and kéngkén.)

Kongkong'ok, to crow as acock. Kongkong'ok kotok, cock crow -an early hour in the morning before it is light.

Kongkorak, a wooden bell hung round a buffalee's neck, called also Kolotok.

Kongkorong, a kind of bracelet worn by children.

Kongkorong'ok, to crow as a cock.

Kongsi, Chinese, a commercial association. The uniting of several persons for some mutual object. The house where such meetings are held. The dwelling and office of a government farmer or of a Chinaman conducting any business, which, however, generally refers to conducting government pachts er farms.

Konjara, a cage, a place of confinement, a prison. Perhaps a corruption of Panjaraya, C. 350, a cage, an aviary, a dove cot. Marsden gives Panjara, Page 231 as Persian which is Pĕnjrah a cage, a place of confinement, a prison.